doxography 1

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the collection and compiling of extracts from ancient Greek philosophers, to which editorial comments are added.

  • 1.A great many philosophical works have been lost; our limited knowledge of such lost works comes chiefly through the doxographical works of later philosophers, commentators, and biographers.

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